Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:20:04 +0100 | Subject | Re: 2.7 (future kernel) wish | From | Helge Hafting <> |
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On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 10:03:17PM -0500, Jim Crilly wrote: > > > >Sometimes Windows 2k or XP dump (BSOD), or maybe you just get an error. > > > > > > > Generally it just complains that you pulled out the device prematurely,
Depends on what the device is used for, I guess.
> I've never seen one give a STOP error from that but I guess a bad driver > or USB controller could cause anything. > Well, try having a partially loaded system dll on removable media when you pull the plug - it won't be pretty.
> When you insert a device like a USB stick Windows puts a little icon > next to the clock in the system tray that you're supposed to use to stop > the device before pulling it, effectively it unmounts and stops (or > atleast releases the device from) the driver so the device can be > 'safely' removed. I also believe Windows mounts any removable device > synchronously so that if you do pull it out prematurely the damage done > is limited.
Linux has sync mounts too. :-) the rest is a gui thing, i.e. not kernel.
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